PLEs are based on the idea that learning occurs across different contexts through engagement with a distributed network of people, services and resources, not just from a single source. They allow for recognition of informal learning. Effective PLEs and PLNs connect learners to global learning resources and networks through use of social media and Web 2.0 tools to facilitate immersive, interest-driven learning.

3. PLE are based on the idea
that learning will take place in
different contexts and
situations and will not be
provided by a single learning
provider

5. “the heart of the concept of the
PLE is that it is a tool that allows
a learner (or anyone) to engage in
a distributed environment
consisting of a network of
people, services and resources. It
is not just Web 2.0, but it is
certainly Web 2.0 in the sense
that it is (in the broadest sense
possible) a read-write
application.”
Stephen Downes, 2006

15. PLEs can help in the
recognition of informal
learning

20. From Personal Learning Environment Building
to Professional Learning Network Forming
Aim
Forming
learning
network for
competence
development
Professional
network
organizing
The meaning of
social and
professional
networks for
education
Building PLE on
start pages
Conclusion

21. Aim
To analyze the experience gained in using of
Web 2.0 environment for competence
development and for professional network
organizing

22. Social network sites can be defined as web-based services that allow
individuals to:
(1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system
(2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection
(3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others
within the system.
Danah Boyd, School of Information, University of California-Berkeley
Nicole Ellison, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, Michigan
State University
Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Social Networks

23. Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Social Networks

24. A learning network is a group of persons
who create, share, support and study
learning resources (“units of learning”)
in a specific knowledge domain.
Rob Koper, Open University of the Netherlands
Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Special-formed learning networks
for life-long learners

25. Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Special-formed learning networks
for life-long learners

26. The Future of Online Learning and
Personal Learning Environments

27. Online Learning
• Has been around since 1995 or so
• Really grew with the World Wide Web
• Has advanced tremendously
Many positive developments in the
last few years worth sharing…

28. It looks like nothing before…
Like open source
Like Social Networks
Like blogs and blogging
Like wikis and collaborative writing
Like tagging and Digg and…
It looks like Web 2.0
Stallman
The Internet of 2007

29. New Environments
• Multimedia explosion
podcasts, vodcasts, YouTube, Slideshare, more
• Mobile computing
mobile phones, PDAs, etc.
• The 3D web
Second Life is a start, we will see more of this

30. The Concept…
• Learning is centered around the interests
of the learner
• This learning is immersive – learning by
doing
• The computer connects the student to the
rest of the world

31. Web 2.0: The Learning Network
• The e-Portfolio lives in the intersection
between the worlds for
education, work, and home
• A model for e-Portfolio as a learner-
managed construct
• Key requirement is easy-to-use tools and
hosting services*
• *E.g. the “e-Portfolio-as-blog” approach

32. The Idea of the PLE…

33. Learning Networks Architecture

35. Subscribed to
154 Education Blogs

36. and websites!

37. So how does a
network help me?

38. New Tools

39. Respond to Blog Pos
www.flickr.com/photos/23324812@N00/93936385

40. ow can I do it FASTER?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20884341@N00/302931951

41. http://wordle.net/

43. Connect with your networks

44. Other Tools for PLN

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